The Junior Road Safety Officers have asked us to draw your attention to the closing date for their colouring competition which is December 5th. Good Luck in the competition everyone!
Well Done Ben!
Ben’s family enjoyed seeing him on the blog with his well-earned certificate:
“Ben was very pleased to be presented with his certificate, his mummy, daddy & big sisters were extremely proud of him! Keep up the good work :0) well done to the other girls & boys getting their certificates too. (They are lovely certificates)”
We’re glad you like our new certificates and well done to everyone who has received one so far.
Kandinsky Gallery
We have been learning about the work of the artist Kandinsky in Nursery and have compared his work to that of Arcimboldo which was so enjoyed by the children last term. A range of media has been used to create artwork in the style of Kandinsky and the children have been amazed and delighted to be able to produce a piece of art that looks similar to that of a famous artist. As you can see, some of their super work has been done outdoors as well as indoors for display. We hope that enjoy our little Kandinsky gallery. I wonder if the children can find their own work?
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Family Comments
Callum’s family has been enjoying our recent certificate photos and those showing the children making shapes:
“Well done every one. Great shape making.”
“Callum was very proud of his certificate and so was Mummy and Daddy. Well done to everyone.”
We are very proud of all the children too.
Outdoor Shapes
As we have been learning about shape and pattern recently, the children have been keen to form shapes with the materials available outdoors. They have talked together a lot to work out how to make their shapes and some have taken it to a different area of the curriculum by forming some letters. One little boy even managed to make his whole name from twigs and rope. As you can imagine, making a circle was the trickiest shape but the children showed themselves to be good problem solvers and came up with great ideas.
Learning In Wellies
Today we have two new comments on our blog. Julia’s family said:
“Julia was delighted to receive her certificate. Thank you.”
We also had a lovely comment from Mrs. Waugh about our outdoor measuring activity:
“What good fun this looks! Great, practical learning about mathematics and building up talking and listening skills too- I hope you all wore your wellies, though!:-)”
Wellies certainly were essential for our outdoor maths activity and the children showed great concentration while having fun learning about measure. Thank you to everyone who takes the time to leave us a comment. We really appreciate it.
Congratulations
Last week’s certificate winners got their awards for a range of achievements and they were all thoroughly deserved. We feel sure that their families will be as proud as we are of everything they have achieved. Well done boys and girls and keep up the good work.
Water Working
While the afternoon children were showing their creative side last week in their outdoor music making, the morning children were talking about measure when playing in the garden. As you can see, they used a range of containers to develop their understanding of the concept of measure as they poured from one vessel to another. Apart from being great fun, the children were being encouraged to develop the language of measure using vocabulary such as full, empty, bigger, smaller, biggest, more than, less than and much more. They enjoyed working out, for example, if one container of water would fill a different container or if it would spill over and good teamwork was shown by all those taking part.
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The Garden Band
Whatever the weather, the children love outdoor play and enjoy the opportunity to experiment and learn in so many different ways. On the particular day last week when we captured these photos, they had great fun singing and playing in a band in the garden. As well as using the musical instruments, they managed to make music by being creative with all sorts of materials that they found outdoors.
Photo Comments
Keira’s Nana has been enjoying our photos of the children with their certificates and Children in Need day:
“Very proud of Keira receiving her certificate. Thanks to all the staff for helping her settle.”
“Lovely happy colourful children costumes and for such a good cause.”
Thank you for taking the time to leave us a comment. We hope that our blog is giving everyone an insight into Nursery life.
